Yes, there is a Grand Theft Auto movie. No, it's not what you think it is
As it turns out, there is actually a Grand Theft Auto film, but uh, it doesn’t really have anything to do with, well, Grand Theft Auto.
When most people see the words Grand Theft Auto, they’re probably thinking of the fourth best-selling video game franchise of all time, and not the 1977 road action comedy film written, starring, and directed by Ron Howard (or even just the legal definition). Yes, that’s right, an entire 20 years before the birth of GTA as we know it, there was a film all about doing just what the name suggests – that is, stealing a whole bunch of cars.
Grand Theft Auto (we’re still talking about the film here) was actually Howard’s feature film directorial debut, though these days you’re probably most familiar with him as being the voice of the narrator in Arrested Development. He’s also the father of Jurassic World’s Bryce Dallas Howard, which given their shared ginger hair and surname, shouldn’t really come as too much of a shocker.
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